City of Linneus, Locust Creek Township, Linn County, Missouri, United States
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- Linneus
- City of Linneus
- Incorporated City
- John Holland platted the county seat, Linneus, of fifty acres that he donated in 1839. The town was first called linnville, collowing the name of the county. However, in 1840, the name became Linneus because there was already a Linnville in Jefferson County. The town name is derived from the Swedish botanist Carl von Linn, or Carolus Linneaus, known as the father of taxonomy. Johy U. Parsons, a local attorney, wished to honor Linneaus, yet a clerk misspelled the name to Linneus. Even though an 1857 act of legislation attempted to officially change the name to Linnaeus, tradition kept it the way the clerk first wrote it.
- 39.878633439° 52' 43.1"N-93.188816993° 11' 19.7"W
- Purdin (Benton Township) 5.2 mi. N
- Grantsville (Grantsville Township) 6 mi. NE
- Laclede (Jefferson Township) 6.5 mi. S
- Hecla (Jackson Township) 7.4 mi. NW
- Meadville (Parson Creek Township) 8.9 mi. SW
- Brookfield (Brookfield Township) 8.9 mi. SE
- Linneus 0.3 mi. NW
- Linneus 0.3 mi. NW
- Dryden 2.8 mi. N
- Grantsville (Grantsville Township) 6.2 mi. NE
- Botts (Clay Township) 6.8 mi. SW
- Southerland (Benton Township) 7.1 mi. N
- Parsons Creek (Clay Township) 7.1 mi. W
- New Garden 7.8 mi. E
- Gooch (Benton Township) 7.8 mi. N
- Meadville (Parson Creek Township) 8.5 mi. SW
- Bethel (Parson Creek Township) 8.6 mi. SW
- United Brethren (Enterprise Township) 8.7 mi. NE
- 364
- 252 m
- 533579773
- Updated Apr 29, 2020